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29.06.10 - Just has a great weekend with The Dude Coopers at the East Anglian Bluegrass Festival in Cambridgeshire. Fantastic weather, great picking, and The Dude Coopers went down pretty well too! Check out the gallery for new pictures.

22.05.2010 - It's been a while since my last entry, sorry everybody! I've been concentrating on my band, The Dude Coopers. We played again at The Cider Shed on May 16th, and it's really becoming a great venue for us. Over the coming months I'll be playing with The Dude Coopers at several new venues here in Norwich, plus playing at the summer Bluegrass festivals in the Uk. Be sure to check out the gigs section of The Dude Coopers web site for all up and coming events and gigs. Check out my gallery too!

21.02.2010 - I just want to say how overwhelmed I was at the turn out to my gig with The Dude Coopers at The Cider Shed today. The venue was absolutely packed. It was great to see so many friends and followers of the Dude Coppers, I’m only sorry I didn’t get the chance to speak to you all. Here’s to next time!

23.01.2010 - I’m looking forward to a great year of music in 2010. The Dude Coopers are playing at several of the big Bluegrass Festivals in the Uk, and are hard at work on some new songs, so look out for those when you see us next. Also come and see us at The Cider Shed in Norwich, it’s a great venue, serving real ale for the beer connoisseur, and also great music too!

19.12.09 - Great news! The Dude Coopers have been invited back to play at The Cider Shed in Norwich on Sunday February 21st 2010. Check out our photos from our last gig there on The Dude Coopers website.

14.12.09 - I had a great gig with The Dude Coopers at The Cider Shed in Norwich on 13th December. It is a hub for fantastic acoustic music in East Anglia and a very welcoming crowd. It was good to see so many friends supporting me and the band. We should be back there in a couple of months, so look out for us!

26.10.09 - I've just come back from teaching banjo at the Sore Fingers October weekend event in the Uk. I had a rewarding time teaching, and a great bunch of students to instruct. It really is a great event and I would recommend it to anyone. I hope to get invited back to teach again in the future.

12.09.2009 - The OffChords have changed their name to "The Dude Coopers". We have felt for a while that the band name was not quite right, so we decided to change it. There's quite a story behind our new name, so visit The Dude Coopers web site for all the details!

07.09.2009 - Just got back from a great weekend at the Didmarton Bluegrass festival. As ever the festival was highly organised and very well run. The head line act Mountain Heart, from the USA were very impressive. The Dude Coopers had the weekend off, but the whole band was there soaking up the atmosphere, or is something else...................................

10.08.2009 - I've recently added some videos of The Dude Coopers playing at the North Wales Bluegrass Festival. There's more on The Dude Coopers website too, so be sure and check them out.

08.08.2009 - Welcome to my all new website. I have changed the look of my site quite radically, and added a few new elements too. If something doesn't work, be sure and let me know!